SF mayor named Long Beach gay parade marshal

Long Beach Pride administrative director Carl Highshaw says Newsom was picked for his efforts at getting gay marriage on the national stage. Newsom is revered by same-sex marriage advocates who see him as a civil rights leader.

The parade is May 17 at 10:30 a.m.

Robin Tyler and Dianne Olson, the first lesbian couple to bring a legal challenge to the state's same-sex marriage ban, are parade grand marshals.